"Boy Racer" Crackdown

karlog wrote: »

.......................................A car that sends every dog in the neighbourhood barking just from driving past would'nt be considered normal.

thats because it has a big back box on it, so its a normal car with a big back box on it.

What I'm saying is that most cars can be driven through a town quietly no matter how loud an exhaust they have, its the fact that the car has the tits of it revved off through the town that causes the noise.

Most people in properly "suped up" cars actually drive considerately through towns, ie: low revs, high gear.

(just to be clear when i say a properly souped up car i mean one that is already relatively powerful like an evo or impreza or dc5 as opposed to what the normal public see as a souped up car in a 1.4 civic with a back box)

Hopefully this legislation will tackle the idiots actually causing the noise and not punish people who properly mod there cars as a hobby.

su_dios wrote: »

Also my car has tints from factory on the 3rear windows. Does this mean they'll be illegal? I was under the impression that tints on the front 3 windows were illegal but the rear 3 were perfectly legal, which would make a lot of sense seeing as vans are blocked out entirely.

Another question..how would someone know if their exhaust is over 80db's before getting a fine??

The law is only concerned with the windscreen and the front side windows, rear windows can be tinted.

There are garages where you can get your DB level checked

If this actually gets enforced, I applaud it. Im not nieve enough to think it will improve safety, but if it reduces the amount of sheds I have to look at and listen to on the road, for the short period of time I'm here, great.

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Whats even worse from my experience in working at a race school is that none of these boy racers can drive, none not one.

how do you know who is and isn't a boy racer when your working? I presume your just stereotyping

crosstownk wrote: »

For me it's quite simple.

There are car owners out there who take pride in modifying their cars and drive quite responsibly. However, it's the minority of muppets who get the majority a bad name. This is unfortunate. Yes, something needs to be done to curb the muppets but the downside is that the genuine guy is going to get targeted. I've few mates with modified cars and they are very responsible drivers but we've all come across the idiot with the wide bore exhaust, tinted screen and loud stereo that thinks he's God's gift - he's the muppet that gets all modifiers a bad name. He's the boy racer and does not not deserve to be called a modifier or enthusiast. There's a big difference between a modified car with a responsible driver and a one that is driven by a tosser.

bang on.

unfortunately most people on the roads are too dense to realise this.

I drive an Integra type R, I take pride in it, I enjoy the ownership of such a car, I only drive into town when i need to get something, my car is far quieter than many other cars out there and come 11 pm i'm in bed watching a dvd, yet I'm getting cast into this boy racer stereotype because i drive a japanese car.............doesn't say much about the general public's capacity to see past image

karlog wrote: »

The modifier's and enthusiast's can easily stay out of trouble by not having a loud exhaust and not tinting their windows. And as long as they drive safely the guards cant do anything to their modified cars.

Right? or is there something else in the law that im missing?

Yep correct.

Dont get me wrong I'm for the legislation, I think its great that its coming in.

The problem is that the Gardai wont distinguish between people who actually cause noise pollution and those that dont so those that have a modified car but dont cause noise pollution will get hassled by the gardai.

As someone who lives in the boy racer capital of Ireland-Aaarklow (for my sins :rolleyes:) I'm happy to hear about this. I just hope it's enforced but judging by the blind eye that the Gardai 'round here show to them I won't hold my breath.
These little shaven-headed trackie wearing scumbags have made my life and the lives of many other people, especially senior citizens, hell.
These morons lives are so obviously socially and culturally impoverished that they see driving full belt up and down the main streets beeping their horns at each other for hours on end as entertainment.
I lived on Arklow's Main Street a while back during the summer and I could not open my sitting room window in the evening as the noise from their exhausts and booming stereos invaded my apartment. The noise level was so bad I very often couldn't play music or hear the T.V. over their car engine noise and stereos.
I complained to the Gardai but nothing was done
All they do is sit on their arses in the station or do tax and insurance checks now and again on ordinary motorists when they should have been ordering these little ****s to put tail pipe exhaust silencers on their cars and checking their insurance.
Oh and I know there are genuine car enthusiasts here who modify their cars who stay within reasonable noise levels, are tax and insurance compliant and don't drive with reckless disregard for others safety and right to peaceful enjoyment of people in their own homes, obviously that's not who I'm talking about here.

In any other civilized country in Europe environmental and noise pollution laws have prevented or addressed this problem by now.
Oh but then I guess I'm forgetting what country I'm living in :rolleyes: :mad:
/rant

The loud because its powerful argument does not add up. If a very quiet production exhaust can flow enough exhaust gasses for 400bhp (eg S Class Merc) then any 400 bhp car can be reasonably quiet. In fact, some of the standard engined cars with huge exhausts would likely be losing a few BHP. Its simple physics.

Some tints are way too dark and it can be difficult to see out of them at night. That has to be a genuine safety concern. I don’t think the causes of accidents are established well enough. I doubt it epidemic but I wouldn’t be surprised if they were the cause of a few accidents.

ShadowHearth wrote: »

I havent seen any properly modded cars in accsidents, but i have seen about hundreads of "avarage Joe wheels" in bits!

P.s. i live by the road, and i do hear some modded cars passing by. A bit louder, so what? Then some chopper passed by... I thought it was some 747 landing! Hows come they not b*tching about that?!

you dont live in tipperary

a local boy racer has written off 7 cars and a bit loader :eek:get that wax out of the ear

hearing the ****ing ridiculous noise at 2-3 o clock at night while trying to sleep is a ****ing disgrace

LIGHTNING wrote: »

I wouldnt mind but even the proper type-R`s arent even that fast, they make a lot of noise and you have to cane the legs off them to go anywhere.

standard there not noisy at all, mines standard and its quieter than jeeps until VTEC.